Thank you Simon & Schuster Audio for the ALC and Atria Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of Cross My Heart in exchange for my honest review.
Publisher: Atria Books / Simon & Schuster ALC
Published: January 14, 2025
Summary:
She has his dead wife’s heart; the one she wants is his. The author of The Family Plot brings her signature prose to a twisty novel about a heart transplant patient who becomes romantically obsessed with her donor’s husband.
Rosie Lachlan wants nothing more than to find The One.
A year after she was dumped in her wedding dress, she’s working at her parents’ bridal salon, anxious for a happy ending that can’t come soon enough. After receiving a life-saving heart transplant, Rosie knows her health is precious and precarious. She suspects her heart donor is Daphne Thorne, the wife of local celebrity author Morgan Thorne, who she begins messaging via an anonymous service called DonorConnect, ostensibly to learn more about Daphne. But Rosie has a secret: She’s convinced that now that she has his wife’s heart, she and Morgan are meant to be together.
As she and Morgan correspond, the pretense of avoiding personal details soon disappears, even if Rosie’s keeping some cards close to her chest. But as she digs deeper into Morgan’s previous marriage, she discovers disturbing rumors about the man she’s falling for. Could Morgan have had something to do with his late wife’s death? And can Rosie’s heart sustain another break—or is she next?
My thoughts:
I’ve been a fan of Meg Collins since reading her debut, The Winter Sister. I love how different each of her books are, and that is definitely the case with this latest one.
This was such a wild, twisted ride from start to finish, making it the type of story you just want to binge! And I loved how just when you think you have your finger on the pulse as to what is going on, Collins completely pulls the rug out from under our feet, shaking everything up.
I loved that this book is more than just a story with a crazy twist. There are pockets of emotional depth woven in that make you become attached to the characters, whether you like them or not. This is where the book really shines, in my opinion.
Audio thoughts:
This was so good on audio, narrated by Gail Shalan and Chris Andrew Ciulia. Both do a great job in bringing this story to life.
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